The Sun. — London, England, 1810-07-30 00:00:00

ANb,peikttidutsE t • • I snoN,'JtrLir 16.—The Spaniards ate .doingthe • , ' • nuelves a lmmortal honour.: that miserable open Place, Ciudad, is_ besieged bY . all. the French artny-, a nd battered day and night. On :one battery are i lb°l lnted piecesthewalls, of the heaviest pattering guns he Spa„iar i" broad day . under Misfire. Deserts are numerous. HEAD QUARTERS, Not !000 sick twat' Porttigal. . o, JULY 15.-- ` l, ' Lle 3d Portuguese Light In fantry behaved very well near Ciudad Rodrigo in. a s • kirni 'sh, die' French expend their powder very fast, and to n o p ur p ose ;—several skirmishes have lately taken place, all of which have irett advantageous 16 the , LISBON, JULY 12.—8 y efficial at•connts, it ap pears that Ciudad RoLingoLiefe: d d it.clf biavely th ' B,l l inst. In an action oei %e'en the advanced posts, 011 the 4tn, the English lost nine men, and cite breach 60, who beloh 6 eti theit advanced i " lla r( l .—(L.lsbou (gazette, July 12.), Yes:er,4o; eieveri French des. rters came to Al onew,s from the ca%airy,.and brought h "'se• ailing toe whole night and this morning rarin g yids mar& ,at Ciudad Rodrigo.—(Ltsbon GriZeile.) j uL. < 4.—Ciudad Rodrigo still defended itself on t he OW. EADAdOZ,• JULY ti.—We have seen a letter from Vilvtride del Fre.l4.), cat -the thte of the 27th lilt. whir sAys, " the French alloy which is be- • , C.::uttad Rodrigo atnuunts,. in potobes to l'he tire brow the place cotaioues day itigat, and it is •attirmed that . the French hate lost above 2000 Diu' y, J u i . , 6). ALMEiDA, JULT s.L—Yesterday,., at seven in' the thc Ercw.'.' w hbwei e oil this . side the I ktr ABuida, atiact.t,i tile division of Generals Aw- F OLD ,auk -tlhe first in Ala- rneda, and the sec,,nd,iii Guardaoil..!An engagement I)stied, but the loss on either s;de.not known. — Portuguese Chasieurs mere attacked b . )r body 6 f cavalry, who received them bravely, and aiter wards advanced upon theal in their . To-day. the French returned, and wok up their former I;osig t iolts iu the vicinity of al hi Airidll/1113. CELE Rica liv.YltA, inivE 20.--The defence o • Ciudad Rudri t 4,9 6EIII Cutitinurs, YeStcrJay aid ;he d aY before a tierlM)ciuus tife, Was kept up. Yester day at halt alter eight w the morning his k:xcellency Old -- yr ELIA NGTON nee uut for Almeida, w.iere be - • s established his he.iu-quarters. Marshal 4EKES -I‘QIID has trausteried his .o Tri:nCk bit). It appears the French have iusL a E,feat iehLuner of arn in the siege Ciudad licxini,o. ari . ,wed hire 13 Lle serters, Germans; and t Freuch prtsducr, AtaatibA, JUNE 26 tle.seiters, 1 0 Dave arrived at. , bay, teat the fire fl u'Ll Ciudad Rodri,;(l L ireUl arcal_ damage, 11,1 destroyed alniuit as Welt ildo Cris dug twit I ' 4 tite , 4th and 251.11 tiny lobf a o k - eai uurnocr ut Ine ,day b e fore yesterday a gren , cie set hre, to a clual uity or the cnealy'a ammunition, and ociiiablotted Mischief among both cavalry and infantry. 'MILL() DL EbEY KA, JUNK 26.-1 t i. reported " ( JP' ii. been mortal:) , wounded by a 1:1 ) ,:lz - w hien took trom him a* packet, with papers 1.4 - iuiPui CADI Z , JULY 13.—1 have nothing new to corn ull.t.:dte, except the arrival of his Majesty's _ships Litieiy, and Inzperzeuse ; the two ar Q to retwitt here, the tatter have proceeded u ttLer. I a:n so; ry to say BALLESTLIWS' corps, have l( Pcrienced.a chc.-a, coniequchc:e of the supe rt''rtty ut the enew.y, and oaii i ,;ed to tad back by dif kreut ays. It - - n M THE CADIZ GAZETTE DEL COMMERCIO, _ . Le k 13,—Though yveitave no oi;iciat accounts -4 1 CaiLlad Rodrigo, we know th.,t the fife from 11 1 , Ptace niak,s -a considerable impression on the 'Y. and does theta great darn ige. klqlng the bes',egere have advanced tt-leirbatteries hear, , the short colibte of their pieces prevents {heir having the etfeitt that might be expea 'et] ; and I's . the adt ices most descrying credit, do 1101 make the army of MASSENA to amount to ill Ore than twenty thOOsznd wen, We Con 44ently trust that the Anglo• Portuguese army, tini ted with our vanguard, will give us a day tf ory, through .the judleious dispositions of Ge 11eral WELLESLEY, and.our General in Coief , woo 41 3 s already had an interview with hint. Ltstos, lots i6.—No event of importance has a 4 Yet, taken .place but, In the absence of more 41 .1 ) ottant information, I Will give you some ac 7 ocrit of the actual state of things on, the frontiers. Ciudad Rodrigo makes still a noble stand , bu t I fr ay must soon fall. On the gth, lam inform :l' t hey had fourteen days am muaition and pro -Islol-13 there was an. •affair •of posts on the 4th, in which a Portuguese regiment of Oila.s. I ~~1~ titety. web 1 iiley ttrefe'ltiackeri .tery su F erior tOi'oe; tad . fought long and gailandy, and wii,.ll ;ihey wqe, oi,:length obliged to retreat . , they ,did: so liiCe lions; •lightingi with their front to the enemy,' . vlie'foll'o . We'd them until they encounz. t tered our hussars' and six. pieces of our flying artil. near Part Conceptions Theynpened on them, and tired sixty totindS into the French corps before it .could retreat: It was then pUrsued by ourlms.• sars..and the ,Portuguese, .and many were Oiled. The Portnoeze lost nine men, undone officers; the Freni. - . 4 . were ten times the Dumber: General Can7 l .FOn 7 s brigade is -near sort Con , ception, of course fallen - t: - ..4 1 from Gallegos. lam well informed that the 'enemy ;;;;,, 12,009 cavalry near Ciudad Rodrigo. Our cavalry are all in .141 Vance; the Royals at Sdbngal, the 14th and iGth Hussars a‘' Fort COI1C(1)! ion; the 3d and 4th at Cea and Mono lada ; Rosi's troop of Artillery is at Fort Conception; Buta:s it Pencencas;.. the whole of the infantry are quartered from the , neighbourhood of Celerico, by the valley of the Mondego, to Guarda .Castealino, ant 89 on -to Fort .Conception. The whole army could be brought'iuto adieu at twelve hours notice; ai.d inoit certainly n,ver v 1 AS there au army more e fteaivc, Hut in better fighting- order. BA/XXJOS, JULY n the action :of Nlajados . with. the 'light party of- Gornes, the Commander of the enemy's corp was killed. On t..e 26th of { June WO of the enemy's horse and 800 foot march el from Majados for Truxillo, who had entered the, former pla..e on the preceuing day with 2000 other troops, either woundei or disarind, with -zoo bag- _gage waggons, eight of watt:h wete.covered. 't:elterday arrived here 30 men of the party of SAORNIL, with two prisoners a,,d two I.ltv:36xes of pLite„ which they had intercei,ted and lakett irons ti o enemy ,thtnetio. CUL VIitiTURA XIMENgti is dead of the woundi which . he'received hi an tAte,agement near Toledo. The death of that gallant: commander is much to be lamented; his party ,took from the enemy 20 loads of wheat, and 1:1,50 sheep. LI..ISON, JULY 13.- 7 A letter from a respeaable perSO,,, dated, 13adjoz, the gib inst. contains the 10110,i:in passage : " From g to to,ono French al tacked thu cliVigioll of Murtllo y Juniz ; the coo filet was serious ; the enemy's loss was very con .siderable, and our troops behaved with the utmost .gallantry, .but our loss cannot be yet ascertained." BADAJOZ, JUIY g.--On the Gth inst. at 5 o'clock in the morning, AgGNIER appeared in sight of Xerez de las CabAlleres; wheuee.General litAz had marciaed betore REGNiLiti* arrival,, and taken a po sition on the heights on the other side of that place; an action ensued, and the Spanish troops gallantly maintained their ground until six o'clock at night, when General IzeAz began to retreat to Flignesa la Real, gni t hence to Cumbres. The French sustained a consi , erable loss, and sent 2.50 of their wounded to,Airnendreetigo to Merida. lu the evening of the same day, REGNISR fell also bark to Barrareota : his division occupies at present Santa Maria, Almendraligo, and Merida. , . • Letters from Oreajo de los Monies state, that a reinforcement of 4000 French troops lately passed through that place, destined for Andalusia. LtsaoN, JULY 13.—The last intelligence receiv ed from all parts of Spain is of the most saisfactory . . nature. The light parties become every day more numerous, and inflict very considerable losses on the' enemy. The last accounts from Ciudad Rodrigo and the besieging army are favourable to the allies, and the enemy has not undertaken any operation of mo . - Inca against Cadiz. Taking into consideration the present state of af fairs and the loss which the enemy switains, not only from the fire of the place, but al,o desertion, while our army not only realms undiminished •in num bers, but daily acquires a higher degree of discipline and milit s;,i.l, we hive every reason to hop e that vvlrene.er circumstances shall permit our gallan t troops !o engage an enemy against whom they en tcrtat,i a deeply-roofe ' d and eternal hatred, the re sult will prOvc favourable and glorious to our arms. The loss of the enemy, through the fare explO, sion of his goo powder-magazine, - is credibly 'repbrted to exceed 240 cwt. and his loss in men •sin Ce. the beginning of the siege of Cuidad Rodrigo until the Bth inst. is computed at from i 0 to 12,000 men On Tuesday seinnight the scaffolding erreled for the repairs of the Abbey Church, Durham, gave . way, Buda workman was precipitated from a height of 74 feet. What is remarkable, none of'his bones were broken, thoughseveral large stones came down at the same time, one of which actually • lay upon him. Hores are entertained of his recovery. On Sunday week, a young man, nanutd M'Larne, went. on a party of pleasure, to Powet scout t Wa terfall, near Dublin. On dinner being announced, his absence led to the most.paintul discovery—it la,f ing found be had fallen from the top of the water fall, and• was literally dashed to pieces: Twenty-four capitalists of the city of London have otiert•S•to kubscribe 250,001. each, and thus raise the six millions requisite for coustrutting the New Naval Dick-7,11rd and Arsenal atisiortbileet, by way of loan for 30 years certain. iii) oft l d Jill nigh ( . er eide, brin;i 9 -rnio • ~hin~ !E'[l3u lll r (job • ~4; gicl ~~es o ' Lark pacic t ; tilSO fe!i;' o ' d the with formc l' st. she N tV:i SG try 0 3 1 1 ' i ly fe3 11 OW' idarich Ig. 1 2 ', , o 1 for je 4l Y 's loo i r " t NsOS'I wait' in 3 ll t 11 jt arrive i de 1a- gUnS► d for ps , for )n dort the CCeS S t3A3 l5 ' ,jeFtY r CO' rd, or- -'he f°l 3 8 Eli, hip St' er CO. nd th e The bout I° r : stlch s cre' slayin;' 5 as Pe r board' e saitad ing .0° er, .06 t ty Flag' 'ore N IpS I"" 3rd, fr c , Q 4311 o cl vc~` e Colft I Littl,: % . vit g f`' r t o f 'be oast ht,9i FkoicV at Ne" . )ft searnjr ) ~d~~~: HARD AND SOFt. ttied Mr. Croft, while tippling ale. " The G is sounded hard in Gag., - '• And a hard gale, 'twixt you and rne, " Dear ft:thinly Jones, now blows on theee i The Patriot sigh'd—" Dear Mr. Croft; " 'Twere harder far, iP sounded soft ; " For if the C were soft in Gale, " Gale would, alas I be turn'd to Gad." . . The Sydney Gazettes, to the end ofFebroary last, state, that owing tb the flooding of the Hawkestiti , ry, St. George, and Nepean's rivers, in the prectd, ing Auitast, extensive devastation had been. com mitted in that colony; the crops being totally de , stroyed, and a quantity of cattle washed away. One cultivator lost 4go sheep7—sod another 300. The necessaries of life had, in conoquence, progressively ;6,77eased, and were at the abovz.shue as follo'ws wheat per bushel ; maize t 7s. ; be f Dud mut- ton from Is. 'o. ts. 6d. per lb. ; pork per lb. ; potatoes 255. per cwt. fowls ss. each 5 eggs 2s. 6d. per dozen. These Gazettes also mention that the commerce of New South Wales is greatly increasing, and pro mises Co become highly advantageous to this colin- . try. Toe intercourse between that colony and the Fegen'lslands was extremely active. During the IRA re4r, 'eight vessels were fitted out •at New South Wales, and obtained c.irt , }es at those islanck amounting to upwards of 40,000 seal skins, which iii - e•dispoied of in England at the rate of '303: per skin. The 'daughter of Mrs. EsTai - i , formerly of vent Oarden Theatre, is'atiout h er but on the Stage, under - the auspi..e, of her in.). her. The young Lady is hiihly ac o plish6d, and enjo. ) s a s ttlement: of tuoul. per annum, Under the rate Duke of HAmit.ToN's Av • , As nothing has tranTirelrespeAing the meeting . of the proprietors, renters, prtiry-hne The atre which took place on Wednesdly.last, it . tray be inferred ihat - some very important measure passed on the occasion, and that the pitbliC, when they least expea it, will seel the - ne,*, edifice rise at once wi;h necromantic rapidity. Abbut foul o'clock yesterday morning a dreadful contlagra , ion burst from the back wnehouse of Mr. GILLET'S Prititing-Otfice, in_Hanging-sword-alley, Water-lane. In the courie of the. last five years three fires have happened at the same residence. The frontpart of the premises is Mr. Gillet's dwel ling-house in Salisbury-square ; the flames were, however, confined to the warehouse for paper and printing . at the back. The calamity was first disco vered .by A poor woman who inhabited an eve' tment opposite the warehouse in the alley. She had been employed in ironing, ,and she observed a voliime of fire burst frofu the veindows'of the Printing,'-office. She ran down with hertwin children, eight months old, and gave the alarm, when a scene of distress and confusion ensiled, which it would be painful to . de scribe. The confined situation of the houses rea r dered ;the situation of the inhabitants truly alarm ing. Mothers were seen running out naked with their infants—the old and infirm were screaming for assistance, while the furniture and property of the sutierers was scattered in every directives. Those who•have seen paper and inflammable materials con sumed may form an idea of the rapid' progress of the flames on this occasion. in less than half an hour the building was entirely envelopeeby the dee struElive element, which had also extended to the dwelling-house of Mir. Swan, Printer, Mr. Gillet's, Bed' two other houses in Salisbury-square. The wind blew the flames backwards across the alley, and the houses opposite were soon on • fire. Hap pity the distressed individuals, who were mostly la bauring persons, escaped with i heir lives, -but the' greater part of their properly was d..stroyed.. While the devastation prevailed backwie - .ls, the 'scene of confusion was lamentable in Salisbury-square. The family of Mr. Gillet were driven from their beds. Mr. G. was greatly affeBed at the unexpected event, and much hurt by the falling of some of the ruins,. but by the aid of the neighbours, all the pers . ons danger were : removed , to a place of safety. In the hurry to get out the property, .a drawer was taken from Mr. Gillet's, containing elate., of Considerable amount, which could not he traccd•to•ily of the neighbours last night. A .purse With gold was a:so taken away, but lie recovered it again. Book., and copies. of several works belonging to Sir R. Phillips . , of great value, are said to have beet. onforiunviely consumed. Five ',owes in the alley are de.troYed.: The dwelling-house •f Mr. Ssi,an iti also down, but Printing-Offics his escaped. The roof of Air. Gillet's dwelliug-house, with part of the. C!emist's, and thelnoculation. Hospital adjoining,.are : greatly damaged. _Ten houses ate destroyed and damaged; but the greatest injury has been done to the poor . inhabitants in the alley, Wit 6 were not insured. The engines arrived soon after the alarm had been Owen, and every effort was Made to 0;1 the flames from Crowncourt, Hanging-sword, alley, and the, ugh the houses in Salisbury square. ~At a late-liteir last night the ruins continued .burning, but no further injury than we have enumerated was dreaded. No cause is at present assigned for this,, unfortunate accident. We have been informed that me. Gillet is not insured to the full'amount of his loss. - • Mrs. WALLACE, the Lady of the late gallant Cap tain, WALLACH, who was unfortunately.overturnrd in her carriage •5 few days ago, in axe Strand, we i regret to say, is since . dead. Her arm . was broken; in- three places, and a mortification ensued, which terminated her existence: . . • COEN4EXcIIANG2,. JULY 3().- . —This day there, are. .but short supplies of Wheat coast a ise, with part of. • last week's foreign arrivals, ,upwards of 8000 guar- , ters, — and sales thereof fully maintain last pi ices ; Barley likewise; Malt heavy sale; White Peas cheaper; Grey, and Beans of the two kinds, at little variation 3 - :o3ts also, with tolerableAuatitities On hand ; Flour remains at late pi ice 3. • Wheat 78S a .945 a 112 s 'lick Beans - - 44 s a Sos pine ditto - . lass p 1215 Oats. - ..- 30S - 26S s a 3oS Rye .: - d. -46 S a ' sos Poland ditto -33 s a 375 Barley., - . - , 325 a 455 l'otatoe ditto - os a 39$ i Malt ' - - .. 725 a Sos kape , eetl • - - OA WI White Tease . 640,a . 7os „Pine !lour .. - gis a labi Greyirttto -* - 51,4 if sss Secoildt - - - 9os a gss JJeanS s. . . ps it sEs • • ErrrX obtiAvett APPEAL§: II Saturday Cite Lords CotthniSSiOner's of Api - 6 - 4 in Priie-Causei finished theit sittings ;or the Seii shin; and previous to their adjournment ihty gad judgment in various reserved cases of !peat import Unice . : One of them especially, which have, trthCh pleasure 41 reporting, 'was of the grc.akst tereat to the friends of liberty and hiimanity, and its decision was such as we doubt libt Will give great and equal satisfaction (his country and America. CASB O. THE AbIEDIBJAMES JOHNSON, MASTEFS This was a vessel -under American toloors, with sio4:s. from Africa, captured in December, 1801, in the West. Indies, and. carried into Tortola. The claw ant pretended that she was hoUnd t o Charles- town', South Carolina, whefe the importation df slates continued to be . tbe en'cluf !kit year; but. that having been detained dfi the coast; and there being., no prospect rqaching . chterl e 4-- town before, the Ist day of Jantiar , : e6g, the pe riod appointed for iiie . .cessation of the Sfate Trade in every pat of the United States, by a take , of mei General Congress,, the ; 1141aster of necessity bord .way for the Isidoci of Coba, there to wait di.ec-1 fl a ir., from his Owners. It wag_ contetttled, vu 'the bther htfitd.; by the Captot; thai its stayMent was_ a mete pretence; . and that, in ttnt.:, the oiiginal plan of the , csrag way a domination to C'ulm, which was, unlawful uriA der the Atueritan laws, lorts pre% ious to thrir gene.;. ral Ab lition at the SlaveTra - Je. . - • • Admittnig, however, the case 90 to be, i t v i, as streruHiousty cot,t.-i.de.l for the cl i tirnalit,..thwiL tisli court of Prize had no ri4tft tit take - Utiv (~, nizance ut Arne' icon mu::icipal la and ;I) )1 a, 11.liigelent right of tbis.country tidal been the pr petty ought to be les m'ed 10 the neutral Ciky ot-r. sc . rivs‘ of precedeuts . ,s.eemed to stippoi t this doatrior. The ship M•as condemned at Tortola . , and the - en Afri, ans mere, acc,ord'ng to our Abulitioca Act, reslorTd to ti.eir fieedow ; bnt the clatin f atit app.aled, the liberty Of the Africans: as mell l . 4s the proi)erty.of the ship;,depended otilbe- issue, of this appal. The case was solemnly argwed iii March List, a tut _ . ._ . 1 as in the opinion of the Co9lt, it turned on the ne w question of 'the, effect of the NmeiTC'an and British Abolition Acts on this specks of contra 4 band commerce, when brought before a Cow t of 1 Prize, the case on account of its importance. has ! since stood over for judgment. ' Se: eral other case; of American Slave Ships have also stood over as de ; i pending on the same general question. I Saturday-the judgment of the, Court was delivered 1 by Sir WILLIAM GRANT, the Master of the Rolls, nearly in the following terms ".This. ship must .be considered es being cinploy , ed at.the time of capture in carrying.slaves from the coast of Africa to a *Spanish Colony. We think • 1 that this was evidently the original plan and pun- pose of the voyage, notwithstanding the pretence set up to veil the true intention. The claimant, however, who is an AMerican,, complains of the capture, and demands from us the restitution of property of which he alleges that he 'has been' on dispossesse.4. In all the. former cases of this kind, which have come before this Court, tho .Slave Trade was liable to considerations very "ditfea rent from those which belong to it now. Ji had at that tinie . been prohinited (as far as respeBed carry , ing slave's to tne colonies of foreign nations) .by Atnefica, but by our own law, it w as still allowed. It appeared to us, therefore, difficult to'consider . the prohibitory law of America.in any other light' than as one of those municipal regulationsmt .1 foreign .state of which this Court could not take any cognia zance. But by the alteration, which has since taken place, the question stands on different grounds, and is open to the application of very different prito: The Slave Trade has since • been totally abolished by this Country, and our Le4islatitre has pronounced,,it to' be contrar) to the princp:es of Justice and hutnanity. Whatever we might think as . individuals trfore, we could ribt,sit Ong ..s Juiges in 'a - Brit'ish Court of Justice, regard toe trade in that light, w:bile our own laws 'pertnitted It. But we. ,can now assert th'at *this . trade cannot, abstractedly speaking, have a lroitimate existerce. " When I say,abstraCtedly speaking, I. mean that this Country has no right to controut any foreign Legislature that may think fit to dissent fit:4o this . do..irine, and to permit to its own :objects the pto , seention of this trade ; but we have t i low a rght to affit in that pruhdfccie the trade gal, anti thus to throw on claialanti the .bort of proof that, in iesi;e6t of them, by the authority of their own it' is otherwise. As the case now stands, we think we are en:itled, to say, that a el:Ain:int can have no right upon principles.: of universal law, to claim the restitution in a Plize Court 'of human be ings carried as his slaves. He must shew some right that has tidbit violated by ilie.captore, some property ty of wktich 'he has been clispossesse.l, and - to which he-ought to be revtored. In this case, the laws of the claimant's Country allow of no right of Proper such as he claims. I'here•can, iherifore be no right to restitution'. The cansequence is that the judg. ; merit onto be affirmed." ti. We oongra - ulate ' the friends of, the oopressed Africans'-: on this important and roost salisfaaory judgment. • It givesa death Ulu w,.10 .I . he most active i contraband . 'dealers n human blood on the coast of -Africa, and removes one of thej gleatest obstacles to the efleclual execution of our, lawn laws for .the abolition of the Slave' Trade. . . , Captaln'STicEß, of the . Royal Nary, is appoin tett to 'he con:nil:in& of the Impress Service at Swansea,' in Wales. SIIII"Q7IFIELD MARKETi Jut 30. This day's Market was well supplied with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in other respeats was very good; I3eref, Vealt POrk, and Lamb, suppOrt last pr:ces; Mutton is dearer; and the trade in ge neral was pretty brisk.- 7 .. The sales in the Hay Mar ket were somewhat lively; Clover sold at last price.; Hay and Straw fetched better prices. ---We subjoin an accurate stattlnetit of the prices and numbers :-L To sink the offal per stone of Sib. Beef 45. 51. to 6s. od. Mutton 4s. Bd. to Gs. od. Ve2l Ss'. od. to 7s. od, Pork is. od. to is. od: Lamb ss: cd. to 7s. od. Beasts 2tOo. Sheep and Lambs a 3.000. ales 290. Pigs 220. SMITHFIELD HAY MARtET: Hay /1. tos. ovi. to 91. os. cd. Strew al; jos. od. to 31. 35. od. Clover 71..5. ed. to 91.,9e. o d L